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Fleming (Bellville)
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Swanzy writes that the Flemings were settled in county Cavan from the 17th century. Early generations were named Thomas. Captain James Fleming built a folly in the townland of Bellville in the early 18th century which has recently been restored. The will of Arthur Fleming was proved in 1766. James Fleming was High Sheriff in 1770 and married Jane, a daughter of William Blacker of Carrick Blacker, county Armagh. They had four sons Thomas Francis Cecil, Arthur, James and Edward. In the mid-19th century Major General Edward Fleming held an estate in the parishes of Kilmore and Scrabby, barony of Clanmahon, county Cavan with additional lands in the parishes of Crosserlough, Ballintemple and Killashandra. His death notice in the Cavan Observer, 5 May 1860, records that he was a veteran of the Peninsular War, served as commander of the Limerick district and was the owner of the Bellville estate in county Cavan. In 1876, his representatives in Limerick owned 1,917 acres in county Cavan. However, in May 1856, his estates of Blackbull, Bellville and Scrabby, amounting to 3,930 acres were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court, some of which were obviously sold. In 1910, Walford records Colonel Edward William Fleming of Bellville, eldest son of Edward James Ingleby Fleming.
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